Look Up!: Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard

Booktalk: You don’t have to own binoculars and know a bunch of fancy Latin names to watch birds! No matter where you live, they’re in your neighborhood — just look up.

Snippet: I wasn’t always a bird-watcher, but several years ago, I thought it would be nice to keep a nature sketchbook. When I sat outside to draw trees and rocks and flowers, I couldn’t help but begin to notice lots of birds, some that I knew and some that I didn’t, flitting around the edges of my drawings.